I’m ok. I’m a survivor so this small agitator isn’t going to intimidate me from doing my work. I don’t let bullies win. Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.

Moment of calm: tonight's paddle on a darkening Salish Sea.

This slop (I don't even know what to call it) is particularly concerning when you consider CBS has consistently led climate coverage by major networks, accounting for 50% of all broadcast time devoted to climate change in 2024.

A sign at California's Muir Woods National Monument explaining that redwoods soak up planet-warming greenhouse gases has been removed by the Trump administration. One of many ways the National Park Service is now silencing science and history: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/c...

"106,636 years of federal work experience were lost across the 10,109 employees with Ph.D.s who departed STEM or health roles 1 January–30 November." It isn't just the scientific knowledge but the *institutional* knowledge that's been lost. Rebuilding federal science will be a generational effort.

Wrote myself a pep talk to get back to work tomorrow. It helped me. Hope it helps you.

This is really excellent - ACLU lawyers are carefully explaining the rights of legal observers and providing guidance for reducing risk. 80,000 people currently viewing.

Very exciting to share that @climatecentral.org is hiring a Climate Data Scientist to join a new climate services effort focused on advancing predictions of risks and hazards on seasonal-to-decadal timescales. The application closes on February 9, 2026 at 5pm ET, & the description can be found here:

I can hear fireworks and cheering from my window - Seattle is pumped.

Minnesota continuing to deliver a master class on the power of kindness and decency to lay bare the cruelty and lawlessness of the administration. Which America would any reasonable person choose?

There’s a rally going on in Boston rn and they’re chanting “we’re not cold, we’re not afraid, MN taught us to be brave!” and I might cry

To those American academics out there who have chosen to remain silent/mostly silent about the horror going on in the USA these days at every corner of the federal government, please start speaking out and fighting back.

"We show up for the people who need us to bear witness, because it can't just be one group of people bearing the brunt of their tyrany. This is a struggle to protect our freedom and democracy, those things are on the line. He lost his life for those values."

Media: do not lead with the false government framing of what happened

Of course it does.

This was also my father, who eventually moved to the US and became a historian of WWII. We lost him a couple years ago and have noted it's a consolation he didn't live to see this happen - he was so proud to be an American. I hope he'd be even prouder if he could see the bravery of Minnesotans.

Seattle out tonight in support of Minneapolis.

Attention folks in the weather, climate, disaster, wildfire, and Earth science communities: NSF has just published a new "Dear Colleague" letter inviting feedback (by Mar 13) on the proposal to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). www.nsf.gov/funding/...

As impressive as the images coming out of Minneapolis today are, a friend there just told me they don't do it justice - "the whole city was at a full standstill."

WHO removing Us Flag

The United States has officially withdrawn from the World Health Organization. This is a shameful move that puts both Americans and people all over the world at greater risk from disease outbreaks, which require international collaboration to contain.

🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional! ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.

Imagine you're a scientist trying to publish a new study, and being told you can't, unless you do background checks on co-authors who aren't U.S. citizens and send their names to national security staff. Also, studies about climate change or DEI written w/foreign scientists = rejected. ⬇️

Worth noting losses to federal science extend well beyond these programs, e.g., to Dept of Agriculture, Dept of the Interior, and elsewhere. We've lost 30% of our federal colleagues at the USGS National Climate Adaptation Science Center in the past year. Rebuilding will take decades.

Heads up, Seattle: Aki Kurose Middle School in Hillman City and Cleveland STEM High School in Beacon Hill are sheltering in place after ICE activity was reported in the area.

i think this MLK day the thing to focus on is the strategic focus and tactical brilliance of the civil rights movement and the way it was laser focused on a set of achievable goals

Moment of calm: Tonight’s sunset amongst the breaking waves. Olympic Peninsula, WA.

The misogyny is not subtle, and likely isn’t intended to be.

The National Science Foundation sign on our Eisenhower Av building is now gone. The NSF mural in the foyer is removed and torn off in sheets. We were supposed to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the agency in May 2025. That never happened.

I've been thinking about this again this week. We all deserve a lot of grace right now. For ourselves and for each other.

My Friday so far: -Attend emergency faculty meeting on how to keep our students safe, including pivoting classes to hybrid -Make a Costco run & drop off food for impacted families -Attend meeting on how to actually do hybrid teaching effectively We love each other more than they hate us 💙🩵💚

Grateful to be part of this work and to collaborate with such a thoughtful team. The findings highlight substantial Tribal adaptation underway, yet climate services still have a long way to go to meet their needs. Deep thanks to @kimberlyazzie.bsky.social for her leadership.

A new study shows the list of authors whose books have been most checked out from Seattle Public Libraries over the past 20 years is topped by Ursula Le Guin and Octavia Butler and you did not let me down, Seattle.

SCBNA strongly opposes the decision of the U.S. to withdraw from more than 60 international scientific, environmental, and cultural organizations. Full statement: tinyurl.com/5n7s9wk8

If all you're willing to do is say "We're cooked" on a social media site, maybe it is all over. If you're willing to struggle alongside your friends and neighbors for democracy, then we've got a chance.

Sigh. Shutting down the National Center for Atmospheric Research will make the world a more dangerous place for all of us.

In case you also needed to see the entire flock of bushtits that piled into in my bird bath today.

There's a lot going on right now, but I'm excited to see this out. Hats off to @kimberlyazzie.bsky.social for leading this effort to help ensure climate services serve Tribal Nations.

🌊📊 #Postdoc opening: Coastal Adaptation Governance Research + practitioner partnerships. Interdisciplinary. Decisions, policies, ethics. First review Feb 1 careers.udel.edu/cw/en-us/job... #adaptation #resilience #academicjobs

The Department of Homeland Security is refusing to release information on 3 detained Oglala Lakota tribal members who are being held at Fort Snelling, a former concentration camp for Native people, unless the tribe enters into an immigration agreement with ICE.

For people elsewhere who have asked how to support Minnesota while we’re overrun with nazi thugs, here’s an excellent list of places that could use financial help. Lots of choices. Thank you so much! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

To be extra clear here: my single biggest source of hope in all this has been the moral courage of everyday Americans standing up for their neighbors despite the violence. Given the cowardice displayed by so many of our leaders, this was not at all guaranteed, and we'd be lost without it.

I know people on Bsky know this but I hope it filters out: The feds are OCCUPYING the Twin Cities. This is a blockade, a siege. They are shutting down economic and civic activity. They are conducting "papers please" stops. They are criminalizing being a bystander/witness. You could be next.

I was trying to explain to my husband the other night how the Gar Guy - a scientist who posts exuberantly and almost exclusively about his study fish - is now posting about ICE alerts and how this indicates both the level of danger we're in and the confidence we should have in our fellow Americans.

Having seen several abductions up close, it is really hard to convey how much the thing they’re doing is roaming in military convoys until they see someone who is alone and isn’t white, and then jumping out in large numbers, pulling them into a van, and screeching off, all in 90 seconds or so.

The call for applications is now open for the NW Climate Adaptation Science Center Research Fellowship Program - please share and apply!

Just in: The Trump administration sent hundreds of letters Tuesday terminating federal grants supporting mental health and drug addiction services.

If you could use a pick-me-up, you can hear Southern Resident orcas calling right now on a hydrophone in the Salish Sea.

Shoutout to the jazz trio busking in the U District light rail station this evening. I rarely have reason to walk that way, so it was such a treat hearing music drifting out of the still newish station and remembering how public transit helps foster art and community.